JFK and the Unspeakable

[Michael Bailey]

On Jan 11, 2014 8:54 AM, "Martha Rooster-Singh" <
martharoostersingh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The assassination theories, like the conspiracy theories, obscure what
Douglas calls the turns and the moments of grace.

How so?

<Unfortunately, Douglas is not have the fortitude to let go of the
conspiracy because he is haunted by the assassinations, murders of
strangers, of men he had no real connection with but in whose deaths he
invested his entire life.

Would most historians accept the notion that the only fitting subjects are
persons one knows...are we only allowed to write about family members?
Or, if friends, how many hours must we have spent with them?

>Douglas speaks of grace, the moments of grace, the Noah's Ark moment, the
exchange of letters, the conversations, the speeches and so on, and how the
turnings  through grace from the unthinkable and  toward peace and so
forth, but he resists it, though it pounds on his heart and brain.

What is this grace you claim he is resisting?
Is it some kind of spiritual rapture that would make a person not value
inspirational leadership and consequent achievements in civil rights and
diplomacy...

a state of mind that would make a person not deplore the misuse of military
power and the abandonment of worthy societal goals since then?

Some sort of "let go and let God," where God = internalization of the ALEC
and Koch agenda, that will make you glow, like the Kentucky Woman in Neil
Diamond's song, with your own kind of light?

Some state of bliss where this idea makes sense to you: that a nincompoop
like Oswald is allowed to defect back and forth pretty much at will,
associates with a lot of people who wanted Kennedy dead, yada yada yada,
and yet he is solely responsible so let's stop thinking about it

If so, is "grace" the right term?  I think it's closer to our old friend
acidie, or sloth...
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